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Gun Control & RKBA

Lurks Often

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1. Depends on what the agent's normal duty is

Reply to HeartachesNhangovers (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 05:25 PM

Jan 2017

If the agent is routinely going after people known to be violent and dangerous, the sub machine gun makes sense.

Also many major FBI offices have agents who have SWAT training as a secondary role, which would require him to have his SWAT gear with him at all times.

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MP-5 Missing From FBI Agent's Car [View all] HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2017 OP

Depends on what the agent's normal duty is Lurks Often Jan 2017 #1

The law states that it is to be locked in a trunk or safe container. yagotme Jan 2017 #2

Uh, the days of a 30-30 hung on a headache rack are over, guys. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #3

Hehe .. the days of 10mm MP5s are over, too. HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2017 #4

Didn't know those days had started. 10mm rifle? Like a .44 rifle? Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #5

"Sub machine gun" is SFGate's description of the arm... Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #6

The MP5 is a submachine gun. yagotme Jan 2017 #7

Thanx. I thought so, but MSM has a curious way about gun identification. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #8

"Curious." yagotme Jan 2017 #9